Jamie Foxx

The Grove of Anaheim

Though he had been making music for years (his first album, 1994s Peep This, seemed to evade mainstream success, though singing alongside Kanye West on Twistas Slow Jamz earned him some credibility ten years later) it took Jamie Foxx to sing as someone else before the music world took him seriously. Grammy-nominated, Billboard chart-topping, star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, millions of albums sold seriously. After the major success of Ray, Foxx pumped out a few Charles-inspired hooks for Kanye West and Ludacris, then went onto take another shot at his own album, 2005s Unpredictable, this time going double platinum. Last December, the actor released his third album, Intuition, which has already sold more than a million copies. This Thursday, Foxx makes a special appearance at the Grovea warm-up performance to kick start his upcoming national tour.
Thu., July 2, 8 p.m., 2009